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Since he came back to work after the end of the federal shutdown, U.S. Department of Agriculture statistician Troy Marshall has been trying to get a cattle survey out to Oklahoma ranchers, with plans to move on to a backlog of sheep, goats and other commodities.

The Oklahoma Legislature has been tasked to provide the state's fledgling medical marijuana industry a regulatory framework that goes beyond the oversight contained in SQ 788, which was approved in June. This year’s legislative session begins Monday.

Chuck Coffee is a fifth-generation rancher and ex-officio member of the Oklahoma Beef Council. He was recently appointed to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board – usually referred to as the Cattlemen's Beef Board.

Several lawmakers and officials on each side of the aisle have called for some kind of update to the merit protection system, which hasn't seen an overhaul in decades. However, those officials have recommended many opposing approaches.